SAVAGE HUNTER (Sinfully Savage Mafia 5) by Kristen Luciani-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 5, 2022

I’m obsessed with the virgin mafia princess I was hired to protect.

Lily and I were never supposed to meet.
Our fates collided in the wrong place at the wrong time,
And one hot night in Las Vegas bound us for life.
I know I need to focus on her safety but I cannot resist the dark impulses that consume me whenever she’s near.
My job is to protect her.
My desire is to control her.
To claim her.
To own her.
But when you dance with the devil, you’re bound to get burned.
Welcome to my personal hell.

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REVIEW: SAVAGE HUNTER is the fifth instalment in Kristen Luciani’s contemporary, adult SINFULLY SAVAGE MAFIA erotic, Mafia, romance series. This is assassin Zeno Villani, and veterinarian student Lily Salesi’s story line. SAVAGE HUNTER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous storylines is revealed where necessary. The SINFULLY SAVAGE MAFIA is a spin off /cross over series with the author’s Severinov Bratva series, and Mob Lust series. Several characters cross over for cohesion.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Zeno and Lily) SAVAGE HUNTER follows in the aftermath of Mafia assassin Zeno Villani’s latest assignment. Now hiding in Las Vegas, Zeno comes face to face with the daughter of the man who hired our hero, a woman off limits in more ways than he could have ever imagined. Enter Lily Salesi, the only daughter of Mafioso Joe Salesi, and the woman with whom Zeno will fall in love. What ensues is the building, back and forth relationship between Zeno and Lily, as our couple must navigate a series of attempts on their lives, as each has been targeted for reprisal and revenge.

The Villani family had been invited to join the Red Ladro Syndicate but first the Villiani family was put to the test, a test in which Zeno was ordered to take out a member of a rival family but Zeno’s ‘failure’ to get the job done, has placed a target on our hero’s back, a target that landed Zeno in Las Vegas Nevada. As the only daughter of Mafia Kingpin Joe Salesi, Lily has been targeted on more than one occasion, having had to defend herself before help had arrived. When she and Zeno find themselves the victims of another attempted take down, neither one is sure who is the intended target.

The relationship between Zeno and Lily is one of immediate attraction but Zeno has been warned off and away from our story line heroine, a warning of which Lily has not been aware. Believing Zeno had ghosted her more than once, Lily struggles with her attraction to a man she knows nothing about. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including Zeno’s brother Gallo, and their cousin Sergio Villani (SAVAGE LIAR 2), Russian Bratva and members of the Red Ladro Syndicate Alek Severinov and his brother Kazimir (Merciless/Severinov Bratva 1); Lily’s brother Nico (Screwing the Mob/ Ruling the Mob/Mob Lust 1 & 2), and their father Joe; Rocco and Katarina Lucchese (Crushing the Mob/Mob Lust 5); Tommy Marcone; Lily’s friend Chloe. The requisite evil has many faces.

SAVAGE HUNTER is a story of family and relationships; betrayal and vengeance; power and control. The premise is detailed, exciting and engaging; the characters are colorful, energetic, and charismatic; the romance is seductive and passionate.

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Reviewed by Sandy